House bill requires two tugs for tankers

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Provision in Coast Guard bill would extend dual escorts even to ships with double hulls; similar legislation pending in Senate Federal legislation authorizing Coast Guard appropriations for 2010 has a provision expanding the requirement for dual tug escorts of oil tankers traveling through Alaska 's Prince William Sound .

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